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Manuscript and copyright issues

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Your manuscript is accepted for processing on the understanding that it has not been published elsewhere (or submitted to another journal).

For papers with multiple authors, please also confirm that all authors are familiar with, and agree with, the contents of the manuscript. We reserve the right to contact all authors to confirm this in case of doubt.

This article, if accepted, will be an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY NC) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). AJLS will add this information at the end of each article.

Copyright, licensing and open access

For all articles published in AJLS, the copyright is retained by the author(s), provided proper credit is given to AJLS and it is properly cited.

The content of AJLS is licensed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY NC).

Articles published in AJLS are Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY NC). All content is freely available without any charge to the user or his/her institution. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from AJLS or the author for non-commercial purposes.

Accessibility and distribution of articles

Articles published in AJLS are Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY NC). All content is freely available without any charge to the user or his/her institution. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from AJLS or the author for non-commercial purposes.

Competing/conflict of interests

A Conflict of Interest is defined as a set of conditions in which professional judgment concerning a primary interest, such as the validity of research, may be influenced by a secondary interest. A Conflict of Interest (sometimes called a Disclosure Statement) is a notification from the author that there's no financial/personal interest or belief that could affect their objectivity, or if there is, stating the source and nature of that potential conflict. Authors must declare personal relationships with others or any financial with organizations that could inappropriately effect (bias) their work and this publication can result in a gain or loss financially. Examples of conflict include consultancies, employment, stock ownership, paid expert testimony, honoraria, Patent applications, patent registrations, direct academic competition, and funding or other grants. The corresponding author is expected to obtain the relevant information from all authors. The declaration must be included in cover letter. Declaration statements will be published after the acknowledgment section.

Article-processing and publishing charges

There are no fees/charges for article review, processing/handling or publishing.

User submissions

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User conduct

You understand and agree not to use the Services to post content or initiate communications which are unlawful, libelous, abusive, obscene, discriminatory, or otherwise objectionable. Use the Services for any illegal purpose, including but not limited to conspiring to violate laws. Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content or initiate communications which include information that you do not have the right to disclose or make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as insider information, or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements).

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Links to other sites

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Changes

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